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University of Birmingham signs up to the WRC!
People & Planet student Alice Swift with Birmingham Sustainability Task Force
Yesterday (on Thursday 1st November 2012) the University of Birmingham committed to affiliation to the Worker Rights Consortium. This places Birmingham amongst the first 10 universities in the UK to take a firm stand on garment sweatshops in their supply chain.
Affiliation to the WRC will help to guarantee effective monitoring of conditions in garment factories across the world. With the cooperation of affiliate universities abuses of workers’ rights can be dealt with effectively, ensuring none of clothes purchased through the university are produced in sweatshop conditions. At the University of Birmingham, we would like to praise the management for taking a strong stance on ethical procurement. We have run this campaign for the past 3 years, and hope that this decision will send a powerful message to other universities that workers’ rights in supply chains matter.
It is also important for student campaigners to be aware that however difficult it may seem it is possible to make significant gains for workers of the university regardless where in the world that they may be. For everyone who has helped Birmingham People & Planet with this campaign over the last 3 years, the decision which has now been made demonstrates that the time and effort which you all gave can achieve real victories, which will make vital differences for those working in garment factories for the university.
Birmingham People & Planet group take action on sweatshops
I would also encourage everyone who has spent a long time campaigning on the WRC, or even those new to it, that winning significant goals can happen quicker than expected.
Matt Franklin – Birmingham P&P and Buy Right Steering Group
People & Planet is the largest student network in Britain campaigning to end world poverty, defend human rights and protect the environment.
2012-11-06 13:23:14
Source: http://blog.peopleandplanet.org/2012/11/university-of-birmingham-signs-up-to-the-wrc/
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